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And that is your opinion which is entirely wrong.
That actually made me laugh.
@CyberLN and your posts just made me feel sorry for you!
@Ligeia Re: What you want
Okay, nice. Sounds pretty reasonable, and even rather peaceful, I must say. Yoga and meditation are always good ways to relax and stay in shape. And providing people with various methods of stress relief is a positive contribution and a worthy endeavor. (Just try to stay within the legal boundaries of your particular state/province, of course. Or, perhaps, move to an area where you could conduct your business legally.)
As far as personal relationships, I have to agree with Old Man in that you should not need a partner to give his/her APPROVAL. Any potential partner you may have should ACCEPT who you are and what you do. Bottom line. You should never have to have another person's approval to be who/what you want to be.
So, since you have your own income and you do not have the children, what is holding you back from doing the things you want to do?
"Forever alone"
"The right thing will come. Goodbye"
what happen to this thread?...Ligeia?
Ligeia@ As far as lifestyle, that's what I want. I want to help people in a small quiet way that suits my sensibilities.
STOP TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE: This is an emotional trap. If your goal is to help others you will NEVER be happy in your life and you will never find peace. You want this and that for other people./ When asked what you want you talked about fulfilling the needs of others. Then you make the comment "Why do I want certain things and why do I think this way and why the he'll am I always bored and never satisfied?" You are not satisfied because you are not clear on what you want.
Your emotional state is attached to whether or not "I am satisfied." I come to your home and we do some Yoga but I complain. We take a hot bath but the water is too cold or too hot and I just can't relax. We try a guided meditation and I think it is foolish. Then you try touching, holding and frankly just piss me off because I don't like strangers touching me. Where does that leave you?
You have based all your desires on fulfilling the needs of others. We called this BTS (Beginning Therapist Syndrome) back in my college days. If you help the client you feel good and successful. If you don't help the client you feel like a failure or end up blaming the client and that makes you feel bad because you do not want to be a blamer. You have set yourself on an emotional roller-coaster and it will be impossible for you to find peace while trying to help others.
Why not do tarot readings, yoga, massages, and the rest because YOU REALLY ENJOY DOING THOSE THINGS. And if someone wants to participate so be it. Then it does not matter if someone is helped or not. Everyone is on their own journey and must find their own way. It is not, nor has it ever been, your job to help those who come across your path. Furthermore, those people whom you have helped most were probably helped independent of all your effort to help them, It was something you did spontaneously or absentmindedly that helped them the most.
Here is a way of thinking about it. STOP TRYING TO HELP Be you. Help yourself. Allow anything that helps to come through you without "trying" to help. Allow people around you to be whole, complete, and capable of finding their own solutions for their own lives.
@Cog
I hope she is still around to get a chance to read that.
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